The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-03
+. Walls AGAINST rRorrEn,

Dlbtrlct DeMoCFotS luCSDbeu over the IAps
,a puintnlent OF the Boston Mugwump. 3.
+. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The District
Democracy, which has had to bear many
snubs and aGtonts from tho President,
who was expected to turn all the ollicas
open to them, is growing more and more
angry as time iG given them to consider
tho new insult OF the nomination Of the
colored Mugwump, Trottsr. They have
been pouring forth their soulH all day in
lurid interviews iu thu local papers and
tomorrow their club Is to have q meeting,
at which enough concealed despair will
be put into resoiu!ionH 10 make MI.
again. A feT samples vii! SHOW the r.
ful state oi tho feelings. Tho Star talking
editoriaiiy for them leads off in this Tsy:
"This appointment is an insGlt sEd &
slap in tho face to every District c;tizen
violating pledges aud Ignoring natural
riQhts. Il is & double insult to svorv D:a.
trict Demoerat, no one Of wham is f., it
seems, to be Recorder, compelling the Pres.
ident to import Q negro barber ircm Boz.
ton TO ill tho otfico. It is a sort Of triple
insult 10 the colorod Denocsatain tha pis.
trict, who are nnubbed personslly, poiiti-
cally and SO citizsnS. and he probably ex-
pec.s them TO lick The hgnd thGt Gpu.rs
them, and 10 crawl and eriaca for tho
crumbs which may be expected 10 ISL
from Recorder Tfo.tet'a -cilieis! table.
The new Danecrs.ic Law, nj laid down BY
President Cleveland figuring in Tano7'a
shoes, teaches tha. no District citizen
white or coiored, Democra. or Rspubli.
csn-has any rights which nonresident
negroes III they are political atrikers for a
President Of the United States) ars bound
to respect" IS
Mr.. Johnaon, prominent Democrat,
makes this brief observation: ut ia an in-
suit to tho people Of tho District OF Colum-
bia, aud am glad to SEQ that tho Colum.
bieH ave going for the President. The
jackson Association should meot and,take
action against the nomination"
The president OF the Columbia Club a;l-
mtts no surprise, md adds that the Prtsi-
don't is trying to introduce the principle Of
carpet !-bsygism into the Diatric:. Charles
S.. Moore, another prominent Democrat,
"shool his head sadly" twice in his long
interview and strings "chestnuts" and
original gems OF thought into sentences
like thene: "Some one asked mo last
night who Trotter wae, and I answered,
he !;s Trotter desired by Cleveland and
damned by everyone."
at ia question that threatens our ma.
terial exia!ence. ! do not know" shak-
ing his head again-he had smiled mildly
in the first paragraph-"the Democracy
here are oressfallen"-impreasivs pause
-""broken-hearted; the feeling OF pride
they had has given place 10 detection.
They fesl that they are out OF the couu-
try" s
1t is not necessary to add other sto1iss
to this monument Of woe. Tho Democ-
racy aro mad, disorganized and discour-
aged. Possibly they will never call on the
President again, which might be what the
President wants. AS to the senate's prob
able action, prominent Republican Sen.
ator who voted against confirmation OF
Matthews for the double reason that it
appeared that he had exerted all his small
powers to bulldozs votes into the Democ.
racy and that his nomination wau opposed
to home rule principles, said this aiteY-
noon that he would vote for sTrotter ard
that lie thought he would be confirmed.
He thought the Republicans had made
clear their position in tho first instance,
and that they ought now to stand out Of
the way and let tho President and bis
party fight 1t out.